If you’re a home owner or even someone who rents, increasing your knowledge on saving energy to cut your heating costs is the beast skill you can attain to save money for that vacation you’ve always wanted.
Taking ten minutes to learn the step by step to heating your home naturally will pay off in months and years to come when you look back at your accumulated savings.
Step by Step
Switch around your interior layout. Place your furniture in a new order in your living spaces to clear the space around your heating vents. If you feel a draft near where you sit, this means you need to rearrange your seating areas away from any outside walls.
Keep unused spaces naturally heated. Keep your doors closed and only use your vents in the areas of your home that you use throughout the day.
Maintain the unused areas of your home naturally heated by closing windows, doors and high vents where heat rises, if you only use this space for resting or sleeping.
Turn off unnecessary fans. These types of installed ventilation systems in your home expel natural heat accumulation from your living areas which can be used to naturally heat your home.
Clean your filters. Blocked filters such as your furnace filters, will increase the work of your heater
stacking up your heating costs. Regularly check your heating for optimal working levels so no extra unnecessary expenditure occurs.
Have a thermostat installed. You can program your thermostat to increase or decrease the heat in your home depending on the times you are in and out of the home. This way you can enjoy the benefits of an artificially heated living area while still only using what’s necessary and saving money.
Avoid having holes or leaks in your appliances. Block or seal all leaks in pipes, air-ducts, windows, doors etc.
Add insulation to unheated area so of your house, in the ceilings as well as walls, this will save you allot of money on the long run.
After sun down covering windows will help conserve the heat in your room and in sunny days open all your drapes to let the sun’s rays enter your home.
For added savings, Install low U-factor windows or double panned glass windows which are the most effective for insulating your home.
Infrared Portable furnaces can provide an alternate heat source for colder spaces in your home which radiate moist heat around the areas which are lacking heat around your living areas.
Tips
During this time give your dog all natural treats and snacks like fruits and vegetables. Most dogs enjoy: carrots, apples, bananas, berries, papayas, broccoli, mangoes, canteloupe, honey dew melon, spinach, romaine lettuce, and much more!
Unless you know exactly what you’re doing, contact a vet first if complications arise.
Notes
•If you’re currently using flea preventative medicine, refrain from using it during her pregnancy, some can be harmful to the natural development of the pups.
•Be careful the types of foods that you give your dog. Grapes and raisins can be poisonous to some!